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The work titled "Skeleton Keys" drew me in, (literally - here I am;). I started a new board on Pinterest, as it inspired me and I wanted to save it somewhere and share it with others. I cited your blog, as well as the work and copyright - which it occurred to me I might be violating. So, I am back to your blog to ask humbly for your permission. The board would have (pretty-please) three of your works featured, and it is on the cover. The board is titled, "Meet the Artist". It is private, until (if) you give me permission to publish it on Pinterest. If you say you'd rather not,or you do not respond, I will simply delete the board. Thank you for sharing your captivating art and for considering this. I would also like permission to display one work on my blog and link it back to you, with all due citations... but I won't push my luck... (if I happen to have any). I do wish you all the magic and charms your work is certainly due at your show opening. ~Cheers!~ Reagan

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Bio

Darlene is an artist whose work is predominately based in photography. Initially a reference source for drawing and painting, she soon began experimenting with different techniques within the medium itself. The love of photo/montage from her darkroom days drew her into digital when she was introduced to the computer as an art tool. Her affinity for old buildings and abandoned properties along with crows, ravens and blackbirds is apparent in the majority of her work. Gathering elements from her own images as well as characters from vintage photos she acquires at flea markets and antique shops, she blends them together forming new and often storytelling compositions. Darlene's work has been described as mysterious, moody, wistful, surreal and sometimes dark but always thought provoking.

Artist Statement

The current direction of my work is primarily photography montage (the technique of producing a new composite whole from fragments of photographs). I've always been a collector at heart, so my photography naturally evolved from concentrating on a single composition in the camera as the end product, to capturing images of anything that intrigued me for later use in a montage. Antique and vintage objects that have had previous lives are elements I collect that eventually find their way into my work. It's difficult to predict what will be a starting point for a new piece; a landscape with an unusual tree, a mysterious abandoned building, or the haunting eyes peering from a vintage portrait. Once I have a starting point, I begin to bring components together piece by piece digitally in Photoshop until I'm satisfied with the composition. From there, I experiment with multiple filters, tones, colors and textures until the final piece is as close as possible to the original idea in my mind's eye.

"The true locus of creativity is not the genetic process prior to the work but the work itself as it lives in the experience of the beholder." - Monroe Beardsley, philosopher of art